Burning Man 2010.
Prison Chess on LIFE.com
A couple of weeks ago the Prison Chess series caught the attention of the editors at LIFE. You can now find this project on LIFE.com.
Wiesbadener Fototage
Wiesbadener Fototage is a festival of contemporary photography. I don't want to miss letting you know that it is starting this Friday (ending September 25). This is a juried exhibition taking place in 18 galleries all over the city. I'm very much looking forward browsing through all these places and enjoying the amazing works. This is also the first time my Prison Chess project is being exhibited.
Ich möchte euch eben wissen lassen, dass diesen Freitag die Wiesbadener Fototage beginnen, Thema: "Wagnis Fotografie". Das Fotografie-Festival dauert bis 25.9. und ist auf zahlreiche wiesbadener Galerien aufgeteilt. Sieben meiner Prison Chess Bilder werden im NIZZA DES NORDENS am Kranzplatz zu finden sein. Die Ausstellungsstücke werden von den original -von den Insassen ausgefüllten- Fragebögen begleitet. Mehr Informationen über Teilnehmer, Veranstaltungen und Ausstellungsorte findet ihr auf der offiziellen Webseite.
New Series - Prison Chess
This new series is the first serious documentary project I dared doing.
All pictures were taken in 2008 and 2009 while accompanying Princeton University students to chess events in a maximum security prison in Trenton, New Jersey. What I tried to document was not the events. I focused on portraying the prisoners and their thoughts about the game. I hope you find it interesting.
Prison Chess Portrait - Miguel Suarez
You can find more about this here.
Prison Chess Portrait - Alonzo "Lonnie" Hill
After a longer break, I'm now starting to post prison portraits again. Soon I will have posted everything, and the series will be complete. As usual, here the link with more background information about the project.
Prison Chess: Earl M. Hammud
More information about this project can be found here.
